![]() ![]() The narrator's eye shifts and blinks- moving fluidly between characters, flying into their dreams deliciously lethal in its observation. yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains unfulfilled. ![]() After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for - not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut- 'one of the world's great writers' (Edmund White) and 'the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction' (Observer) ***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE*** A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut 'Astonishing' Colm T ibin 'A literary masterpiece' Sarah Hall The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. ![]()
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